Préparateur de Parfums

11:36 Feb 16, 2017 

Good to know. Thanks for the follow-up, Jane.

11:08 Feb 16, 2017 

- entered in glossary :-)

10:54 Feb 16, 2017 

Great. Try to make a glossary entry, if possible; I think you can do so if you close a question without grading.

10:47 Feb 16, 2017 

So I rang a UK perfume manufacturer (Cotswold Perfumery - a small niche company in Bourton on the Water - I'm actually a customer of theirs when in the UK) who told me that for them it is simply the production manager. So there we have it. I'll go with Perfume Production Manager.<br>
I do very much appreciate your help - as always - at least it confirmed my suspicions and I wasn't missing something terribly obvious.

10:39 Feb 16, 2017 

@ Charles<br><br>

I think evaluator is a different job, before a fragrance goes into production. <br><br>
Thanks for the link to boisdejasmin. I hadn't found that one. It could be that, as you say the jobs are organised differently in the UK so a calque may end up being the only solution.
Might try my luck ringing a UK perfume manufacturer - you never know :)

10:26 Feb 16, 2017 

I don't think this is the term we're after, though there seems to be some overlap, but the following blog is interesting nevertheless:
http://boisdejasmin.com/2013/04/how-many-hands-touch-your-bo...

In this other piece she talks about various jobs in the perfume industry, in the US by the sound of it. Perhaps the work is divided up differently in the English-speaking world:
http://boisdejasmin.com/2014/02/career-in-fragrance-where-to...

10:17 Feb 16, 2017 

Here's another with "preparer", but you can't help suspecting it's just a calque of the French term and not authentic:
http://www.perfum.com/index.php/en/production

10:14 Feb 16, 2017 

@writeaway That's a good link

10:09 Feb 16, 2017 

I'm all too curious to know this response as my head is pounding...here is a link which may help you. I understand what you mean though: http://www.rsc.org/careers/future/fragrance-chemist

10:07 Feb 16, 2017 

09:55 Feb 16, 2017 

I see what you're getting at, but supervisor does not seem to fit in this regard.

09:22 Feb 16, 2017 

All I'm coming up with at the moment is things like "production supervisor/manager", but I have no knowledge of the perfume industry and suspect there may be a more specific term.